Exploring aptamers for targeted enrichment of X sperm in bovine: unraveling selective potential by Sumit Kumar Singh, Rohit Kumar, Manya Mathur, Himanshu Kamboj, Jai Kumar Kaushik, Ashok Kumar Mohanty, Sudarshan Kumar

“…Nucleic acid aptamers have been used in the past for the development of diagnostic methods against a number of targets such as bacteria, pesticides, cancer cells etc. …”
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Competitive Advantage in the World of Wine—An Analysis of Differentiation Strategies Developed by Sectoral Brands in the Global Market by Daniel Marian Micu, Georgiana Armenița Arghiroiu, Ștefan Micu, Silviu Beciu

“…A sectoral brand is defined as having a distinctive brand name accompanied by a visual identity, with or without a slogan. Through an analysis of thirty-three sectoral brands developed by wine-producing countries, seven clusters of differentiation strategies and three clusters of differentiation attributes were identified, using quantitative and qualitative methods. …”
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Assessment of depression in patients with open-angle glaucoma by Cvetković Aleksandra, Srećković Sunčica, Paunović Svetlana

“…The aim of the study was to determine the influence of glaucomatous damage on the frequency of occurrence of depression, as well as to determine the risk factors for the onset of depression in patients with open-angle glaucoma (OAG). Methods. The study was designed as a clinical, observational study (cross-sectional study). …”
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Multiscale fusion enhanced spiking neural network for invasive BCI neural signal decoding by Yu Song, Yu Song, Liyuan Han, Tielin Zhang, Bo Xu, Bo Xu

“…The MFSNN emulates the parallel processing and multiscale feature fusion seen in human visual perception to enable real-time, efficient, and energy-conserving neural signal decoding. …”
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Quantitative CT Assessment of Pulmonary Fibrosis Severity in Patients with Connective Tissue Disease-associated Interstitial Lung Disease by Ke WANG, Zitao HU, Lulu CUI, Shengya GUO, Xiaoqi HUANG

“…Methods: A total of 96 patients with CTD-ILD and 47 CTD controls without ILD were enrolled. …”
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Effect of Storage Temperature on Key Functions of Cultured Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells by Lara Pasovic, Jon Roger Eidet, Berit S. Brusletto, Torstein Lyberg, Tor P. Utheim

“…Herein, we analyze the effect of storage temperature on key functions of cultured RPE cells. Methods. Cultured ARPE-19 cells were stored in Minimum Essential Medium at 4°C, 16°C, and 37°C for seven days. …”
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Dual-Branch Seasonal Error Elimination Change Detection Framework Using Target Image Feature Fusion Generator by Hongming Zhu, Jipeng Zhang, Zeju Wang, Xinyu Liu, Qin Liu, Bowen Du

“…Many existing change detection methods do not specifically address the performance degradation caused by seasonal errors. …”
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Path Planning in Complex Dynamic Environments Based on Deep Reinforcement Learning by Jiandong Liu, Wei Luo, Guoqing Zhang, Ruihao Li

“…Initially, the capability to discern obstacles from visual data is achieved through the application of the Yolov8-StrongSort technique. …”
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Indirect intrusions about World War Two in survivor offspring: a qualitative thematic content analysis by Patricia Dashorst, Trudy Mooren, Wencke Donath, Anne Blonk, Rolf Kleber, Peter de Jong, Rafaele Huntjens

“…Therefore, this study used a qualitative approach to examine the core themes of indirect intrusions reported by survivor offspring.Methods: Participants (N = 41) were post-war-born offspring of WWII survivors. …”
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Blindfolded Balance Training in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease: A Sensory-Motor Strategy to Improve the Gait by M. Tramontano, S. Bonnì, A. Martino Cinnera, F. Marchetti, C. Caltagirone, G. Koch, A. Peppe

“…Recent evidence suggested that the use of treadmill training may improve gait parameters. Visual deprivation could engage alternative sensory strategies to control dynamic equilibrium and stabilize gait based on vestibulospinal reflexes (VSR). …”
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Heart sound classification based on convolutional neural network with convolutional block attention module by Ximing Huai, Lei Jiang, Lei Jiang, Chao Wang, Peng Chen, Hanchi Li

“…Furthermore, T-SNE visualizations revealed clear class separation, highlighting the model’s ability to extract highly discriminative features. …”
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A Robust Tool for 3D Rail Mapping Using UAV Data Photogrammetry, AI and CV: qAicedrone-Rail by Innes Barbero-García, Diego Guerrero-Sevilla, David Sánchez-Jiménez, David Hernández-López

“…Traditional inspection methods, such as visual inspections, are inefficient and costly and pose safety risks. …”
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Bayesian network modeling applied to food risks: Data from General Administration of Customs of China as an example by Xuanyu Ying, Anni Lu, Qiang Cai, Jun Lu

“…It is a data-driven graphical modeling technique and exploratory tool that visually presents dependencies and causal associations while retaining statistical rigor in holistic level inference. …”
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Video-Based Analysis of Cattle Behaviors: Improved Classification Using FlowEQ Transform by Jung-Woo Chae, Hyeon-Seok Sim, Chang-Woo Lee, Chang-Sik Choi, Hyun-Chong Cho

“…Furthermore, a novel method named FlowEQ transform was introduced, incorporating temporal information into the input data. …”
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Underwater Image Enhancement Based on Transformer, Attention, and Multi-Color-Space Inputs by Liqiong Lu, Dong Wu, Liuyin Wang, Wanzhen Zhang, Tonglai Liu

“…The comparison of image quality evaluation metrics, visual enhancement performance evaluation and impact on the performance of underwater object detection with other underwater enhancement methods on datasets including SUIM-E, UIEB, EUVP, RUIE-RIQS, RUIE-UCCS and URPC-2018 prove the good performance of our underwater image enhancement method.…”
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Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in patients with intracranial hemorrhage: a systematic review of considerations for neurosurgical management by Michael Del Sesto, Diana Feier, Brian Kent, Connor Rupp, Luca Bertola, Brandon Lucke-Wold

“…In such cases, quantitative visuals aid interpretation. Monitoring tools (implantable devices or bioassays) and computational algorithms (regression models) help neurosurgical teams navigate complex decisions. …”
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The Relationship between Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration and Erectile Dysfunction by Harun Çakmak, Tolga Kocatürk, Sema Oruç Dündar, Mehmet Dündar, Müjdat Karabulut

“…The patients in the study and control groups were statistically compared according to visual acuity, EF score, and body mass index. Results. …”
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Bone marrow MRI after autologous transplantation and the effect of residual tumor on progression-free survival of multiple myeloma patients by M. V. Solovev, L. P. Mendeleeva, G. A. Yatsyk, N. S. Lutsik, M. V. Firsova, E. G. Gemdzhian, V. G. Savchenko

“…The study of influence of residual tumor mass, determined by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), on the progression-free survival (PFS) remains an actual problem. Since the visual assessment of tumor bone marrow lesion can be one of the criteria for the subsequent personalized treatment choice in multiple myeloma patients.The objective of study was to determine the effect of bone marrow lesions detected by MRI after autologous hematopoietic stem cells transplantation (auto-HSCT) on PFS in multiple myeloma patients.Materials and methods . …”
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Possibilities for computer-based assessment the quality indicators of Kashkaval cheese using image processing by Balabanov Alexandar, Andreeva Hristina, Danev Angel, Bosakova-Ardenska Atanaska, Ivanov Galin, Balabanova Tatyana

“…Specific structural elements with color, which is very similar to the color of the main cheese matter are effectively detected using different methods for edge detection in Scilab, and using analysis of luminance in ImageJ. …”
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Cytomegalovirus Retinitis in an ALL Child during Maintenance Therapy Treated Successfully with Intravenous Ganciclovir by Hande Celiker, Ayse Karaaslan, Eda Kepenekli Kadayifci, Serkan Atici, Ahmet Soysal, Haluk Kazokoglu, Ahmet Koc

“…At presentation, his best corrected visual acuity was 20/20 in the right eye and 20/20 in the left eye. …”
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